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et cetera talk about jack welch still stirring the pot on this. almost all bona fide economists, many who have advised both, you know, presidents of both parties have said there was a statistically anomaly showing the unemployment rate fell but only 114,000 jobs were created and anomalies after when you look at a long series of data. jack welch, the 7.8% unemployment figure released by the bureau of labor statistics last week is down right implausible. this is a tweet, unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so change numbers. >> let's be clear. when people were really most upset about is jack welch directly saying that somehow the obama campaign twisted the numbers. >> right. and, look, you can talk about how debt are collected, you can talk about statistically anomalies, about the fact that the recovery has been subpar. that's what jack welch is saying he's right about, the recovery has been supposed par. everyone was having that real conversation. but to say that someone directly changed the numbers because
et cetera talk about jack welch still stirring the pot on this. almost all bona fide economists, many who have advised both, you know, presidents of both parties have said there was a statistically anomaly showing the unemployment rate fell but only 114,000 jobs were created and anomalies after when you look at a long series of data. jack welch, the 7.8% unemployment figure released by the bureau of labor statistics last week is down right implausible. this is a tweet, unbelievable jobs...
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. >> jack welch has said today unbelievable job numbers, he tweeted. the chicago guys will do anything, can't debate so they change the numbers. is there any merit to the argument that these numbers aren't quite what they seem? >> i would be very cautious about saying that, piers, unless i had some kind of substantialation to it and of course, we don't want to sound like sour grapes over what is good news for america. somebody would have to show me the facts and then i would be glad to make the argument. >> do you think that either of these things, in the last 24 hours, barack obama's very lackluster, surprisingly poor debate performance, or these job numbers today, do either of them constitute in any form a kind of game change moment? >> i think the debate certainly does. americans watched those debates that may not watch the next two, that saw a mitt romney that was a direct contradiction to the hundreds of millions of dollars worth of attack ads, especially in swing states, that the obama campaign has spent painting mitt romney as some kind of insen
. >> jack welch has said today unbelievable job numbers, he tweeted. the chicago guys will do anything, can't debate so they change the numbers. is there any merit to the argument that these numbers aren't quite what they seem? >> i would be very cautious about saying that, piers, unless i had some kind of substantialation to it and of course, we don't want to sound like sour grapes over what is good news for america. somebody would have to show me the facts and then i would be glad...
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i'm friend with jack welch and i tweeted him back. i said, jack, i love you, but on this one you've just flat out lost your mind. there's an ironclad firewall with criminal penalties for anybody at the bls to have any kind of political interference or to release any of the numbers early. it's totally impossible to do that. you've seen all the reputable republicans that have worked with the bureau of labor statistics in the past, past cea chairs come out and say, look, come on, you've got to be kidding on this thing. i kind of think they were kidding. i hope they were kidding. i mean, there's absolutely no evidence of political changing the numbers. and if somebody were changing the numbers, why would you make the numbers last month worse than expected? why would you make the payroll numbers at 114,000, not especially impressive. it just doesn't make any sense. >> allight. austan, thanks very much for coming in. >> great to see you again mpkts a check of the top stories and then something that would change the headlines about the obama
i'm friend with jack welch and i tweeted him back. i said, jack, i love you, but on this one you've just flat out lost your mind. there's an ironclad firewall with criminal penalties for anybody at the bls to have any kind of political interference or to release any of the numbers early. it's totally impossible to do that. you've seen all the reputable republicans that have worked with the bureau of labor statistics in the past, past cea chairs come out and say, look, come on, you've got to be...
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jack welch tweeted this, unbelievable jobs numbers, these chicago guys will do anything, can't debate so change the numbers. and the partisan pushing continues this morning. >> on friday we learned that the unemployment rate is now at its lowest level since i took office. >> friday's jobs report shows america still desperately needs jobs. yet the president's central and sole proposal would mean fewer jobs. >> republicans in congress need to stop trying to relaxing fight the battles of the past few years and finally start doing something to actually help the middle class get ahead. >> we can't afford four more years like the last fr. prices, 23 million americans struggling for work. >> congress needs to step up and pass my plan to create a veterans job corps to help our returning heroes find work as cops, firefighters and park rangers in communities across the country. a few weeks ago republicans in the senate voted that plan down. ask them why someone who fights for this country abroad should fight for a job when they come home. >> understand that the president must campaign, but he a
jack welch tweeted this, unbelievable jobs numbers, these chicago guys will do anything, can't debate so change the numbers. and the partisan pushing continues this morning. >> on friday we learned that the unemployment rate is now at its lowest level since i took office. >> friday's jobs report shows america still desperately needs jobs. yet the president's central and sole proposal would mean fewer jobs. >> republicans in congress need to stop trying to relaxing fight the...
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when it comes to distrust and reporting, jack welch certainly is not alone. take a look at what gary tuchman uncovered about voters, about polls and, yep, the media when he followed paul ryan on the stump. >> reporter: before he walks into this college gymnasium in rochester, michigan, the crowd's already been whipped into a frenzy. and on the same day when paul ryan's done with his campaign speech here in swanton, ohio. >> i really appreciate it. thanyou. >> reporter: there's no shortage of enthusiastic supporters hoping to shake the vice presidential candidate's hand. ryan then delivers a well-received stump speech. >> we need to change presidents. and we need to elect mitt romney the next president of the united states. >> reporter: but amid the enthusiasm there is anger among many peoplat these rallies. seething anger at the news media. >> the media lies. the media are for obama. >> i got to be honest, i can't stand it. it's brutal. it's dechtly one-sided. >> let's hear it for paul ryan. >> reporter: paul ryan said it himself that he believes there was me
when it comes to distrust and reporting, jack welch certainly is not alone. take a look at what gary tuchman uncovered about voters, about polls and, yep, the media when he followed paul ryan on the stump. >> reporter: before he walks into this college gymnasium in rochester, michigan, the crowd's already been whipped into a frenzy. and on the same day when paul ryan's done with his campaign speech here in swanton, ohio. >> i really appreciate it. thanyou. >> reporter: there's...
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do you stand by this comment from jack welch? do you think that the white house cooked the numbers in the jobs report? >> well look, we're just going to talk about the facts. there's 23 million americans who are unemployed. they're either looking for a job, they are giving up or underemployed. if we just look at the numbers and take that for what it's worth, and i don't know that we have to say much more about whether the numbers have been cooked or not. >> the numbers are also 7.8% unemployment the lowest since president obama was inaugurated, correct? >> well, let's take a look at those numbers and take a little deeper look and say, for those who are not looking for a job any longer, they're not in the work place. they're not in the work participation. if you were to add those to those numbers, we'd have about 11% unemployment. look, one month of these numbers -- >> that includes people who are retired, correct? >> but let's look at those numbers a little closer again, we're looking at 43 state months of unemployment above 8%.
do you stand by this comment from jack welch? do you think that the white house cooked the numbers in the jobs report? >> well look, we're just going to talk about the facts. there's 23 million americans who are unemployed. they're either looking for a job, they are giving up or underemployed. if we just look at the numbers and take that for what it's worth, and i don't know that we have to say much more about whether the numbers have been cooked or not. >> the numbers are also 7.8%...
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welch and others, have questioned them quite openly which most people find a little bit too far even by political gun slinging standards because these figures are widely accepted as being accurate. >> especially when they have to adjust them down, right, in the aftermath of earlier reports. >> also, assume the republicans were to win in november, they would be saying these figures are accurate when they come out under their watch. i think we should part that to one side. 7.8% is crucially under 8%. so whether barack obama wants to make too much of a big deal of this or not, the reality is it's removed one of the big sticks the republicans were beating him over the head about, which is hey, look, it's still over 8%. not anymore. >> right. as the president said today, we're moving in the right direction. we're not there yet but in the last year, we've seen that unemployment rate drop 1.2%. we haven't seen a drop like that in nearly 20 years. so that's good news. i think what it reflects is it's consistent with what we've seen in other polls recently that show there's an increasing sens
welch and others, have questioned them quite openly which most people find a little bit too far even by political gun slinging standards because these figures are widely accepted as being accurate. >> especially when they have to adjust them down, right, in the aftermath of earlier reports. >> also, assume the republicans were to win in november, they would be saying these figures are accurate when they come out under their watch. i think we should part that to one side. 7.8% is...